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Canucks sign 2026 first-round pick to entry-level contract

The Vancouver Canucks have signed forward Adam Novotny to a three-year, entry-level contract, general manager Ryan Johnson announced Tuesday. Vancouver selected the 18-year-old 24th overall in the first-round of the 2026 NHL Entry Draft, after taking center Caleb Malhotra third overall.

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Thatcher Demko News / Canucksarmy / August 11

Health is the biggest goal and expectation for Thatcher Demko in 2026-27

The Vancouver Canucks have a Vezina-calibre goaltender on the roster. There aren’t many of these elite netminders in the league these days, and for the worst team in the NHL in 2025-26, that could prove to be quite the game-breaking element for them.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / August 11

Canucks sign first-round pick Adam Novotný to three-year entry-level contract

The Vancouver Canucks have announced they have agreed to terms with Adam Novotný on a three-year entry-level contract. Selected 24th overall in the first round of the 2026 draft, Novotný becomes the first of the draft picks to sign an entry-level deal with the club.

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How many of the players to grace the cover of each EA NHL video game going back to 'NHL 2000?"

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Adam Novotny News / Daily Faceoff / August 11

Canucks sign Adam Novotny to entry-level contract

The Vancouver Canucks have locked up one of their two 2026 first-round draft picks. On Tuesday, the Canucks announced that they have signed forward Adam Novotny to a three-year, entry-level contract.

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The best and worst NHL free agency deals since 2000

The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.

Adam Novotny News / Pro Hockey Rumors / August 11

Canucks Sign Adam Novotny To Entry-Level Contract

The Vancouver Canucks have signed 2026 first-round pick Adam Novotny to a three-year, entry-level contract. The deal will carry a $1.075MM cap hit and include the following bonus structure, per PuckPedia: Signing the reigning 24th-overall pick before training camp checks an important box for the Vancouver Canucks.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / August 11

Where might the Canucks be if they had swapped Elias Pettersson for Martin Necas back in 2024?

There’s no better time than the dog days of summer to play a little game of What If… Uatu likely know by now that it’s one of our favourite things to do on this site.

Vancouver Canucks News / The Hockey Writers / August 11

Canucks News & Rumours: Rossi, Hutton & Two Things to Watch

Training camp is still a little way off, but this is the time of year when we start looking at the Vancouver Canucks roster and wonder which players might surprise us.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / August 11

31 days, 31 questions: Who is the Canucks’ third line centre?

Welcome to a new series here at CanucksArmy, where over the month of August, we’ll ask a new question each day about the Vancouver Canucks. We’re calling it “31 days, 31 questions”.

Vancouver Canucks News / NHL on ClutchPoints / August 11

Canucks continue front office overhaul with 2 new hockey ops hires

The Vancouver Canucks have completely transformed their front office this summer, hiring Ryan Johnson as general manager, Manny Malhotra as head coach and promoting Daniel and Henrik Sedin to co-presidents of hockey operations.

Vancouver Canucks News / NHL Trade Talk / August 11

Vancouver mayor’s wild playoff take has Canucks fans and media furious

Living in a Canadian city, especially one with an NHL team, the dream every single year is simple: watching playoff hockey in the spring. As the weather warms and April rolls around, hockey takes on an entirely different meaning.

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The defining figure for every NHL franchise

People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.

Vancouver Canucks News / Pro Hockey Rumors / August 11

No Traction On Elias Pettersson Trade

Given the number of teams looking for a second-line center, Elias Pettersson of the Vancouver Canucks was again an obvious trade candidate this offseason.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / August 11

Trade Tree: Brian Burke’s madness of moves that brought the Sedins to the Canucks

Considering CanucksArmy has been around since April of 2009, I figured there would have been at least one article on the aftermath of the Sedin trade. But couldn’t find anything.

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Elias Pettersson News / NHL Trade Talk / August 10

The Canucks’ Pettersson Dilemma: If He’s Back… Now What?

Vancouver Canucks fans are basically in a wait-and-see mood with Elias Pettersson, and you can feel why. A lot of people haven’t seen “that guy” in a while.

Vancouver Canucks News / Pro Hockey Rumors / August 10

Canucks Continue Front-Office Overhaul With Two New Hires

The Vancouver Canucks continued to reshape their hockey operations department Monday, hiring Ryan Stewart as director of hockey strategy and player evaluation and Adam Sergerie as a pro scout.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / August 10

Get to know Ryan Stewart and Adam Sergerie, the Canucks’ two new hockey operations hires

The Vancouver Canucks announced two hires to their Hockey Operations department late Monday afternoon. Ryan Stewart has been hired as the team’s Director of Hockey Strategy and Player Evaluation, while Adam Sergerie has been hired as a Pro Scout.

Marco Rossi News / Canucksarmy / August 10

Fully healthy, how high can Marco Rossi fly as a top 6 centre for the Canucks?

Through the first two full seasons of his NHL career, Vancouver Canucks centre Marco Rossi has shown great durability. In those seasons, Rossi appeared in all 82 games for the Minnesota Wild.

Braeden Cootes News / The Hockey Writers / August 10

4 NHL Players Comparable to Canucks’ Braeden Cootes

There’s a good chance that Canucks fans will be getting to see quite a bit of Braeden Cootes this season. The 2025 15th-overall pick had a brief stint with the team to start last season, but was re-assigned to the Western Hockey League, where he split the season between the Seattle Thunderbirds and Prince Albert Raiders.

Vancouver Canucks News / Daily Faceoff / August 10

Why Caleb Malhotra is a good fit for the Canucks

The Vancouver Canucks are looking to dig themselves out of the basement of the NHL over the next few years as they try to re-establish themselves among the ranks of contenders in the Western Conference.

Paul Cotter News / The Hockey Writers / August 10

Canucks News & Rumours: Cotter, Johnson, Free Agency & the Waiver Wire?

The Vancouver Canucks don’t have a lot left to do before training camp, but that doesn’t mean general manager Ryan Johnson is finished. August is usually the quiet part of the NHL calendar, although things can change quickly as teams start seeing their players on the ice and figure out what they actually have.

Filip Hronek News / Canucksarmy / August 10

31 Days, 31 Questions: Is Filip Hronek ready to be Canucks captain?

Welcome to a new series here at CanucksArmy, where over the month of August, we’ll ask a new question each day about the Vancouver Canucks. We’re calling it “31 days, 31 questions.” Today, on August 10th, we will explore whether Filip Hronek is ready to become the Canucks’ next captain.

Vancouver Canucks News / Professor Press Box / August 9

Canucks Have One Advantage Nobody Wants to Talk About

I have no idea whether Ryan Johnson is still looking to add another player before the season begins. Maybe he is. Maybe he isn't. At this point in August, I suspect the Vancouver Canucks are pretty comfortable letting things play out and seeing what happens.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / August 9

Being a Canucks fan keeps getting more expensive: Wagner’s Weekly

I may be dating myself here, but when I was growing up in the Fraser Valley, getting to watch the Vancouver Canucks on TV was a relative rarity. In the mid-1990s, less than half of the Canucks’ schedule was broadcast on TV, with games split between BCTV, CHEK, CBC, and TSN.

Elias Pettersson News / NHL Trade Talk / August 9

Elias Pettersson Skating Footage Drama Just Noise, Not a Concern

There is a pretty minor piece of footage of Elias Pettersson skating with the Los Angeles Kings that’s blown up on social media because of everything already swirling around the forward this offseason.